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Mobile Data Marketplaces

Clean the Sky - Positive Eco Trends & Breakthroughs

DentCoin Lets Users Monetize Their Extra Mobile Data

— July 25, 2017 — Tech
Data plans are frustrating, but DentCoin is a new service that helps to make them more convenient for all kinds of cell users: whether one consistently ends up well below their data limit or they find themselves paying exorbitant fees for data overages month after month. The system turns users' extra mobile data into tokens that they can then sell to other users on an online marketplace.

Beyond simply giving people access to extra mobile data, DentCoin has effectively created a new blockchain economy. Users who have no interest in ever using the data that DentCoin tokens represent can still invest in the network, which in turn strengthens the marketplace as a whole and gives sellers extra money for the data that they wouldn't have used in the first place.
Trend Themes
1. Monetizing Excess Data - DentCoin allows users to convert their unused mobile data into tokens and sell them on an online marketplace, creating a trend of monetizing excess data.
2. Blockchain Economy for Data - DentCoin's creation of a new blockchain economy for mobile data opens up opportunities for disruptive innovation in the data marketplace.
3. Investing in Data Networks - Users can invest in DentCoin's network, strengthening the marketplace and generating additional income for sellers, presenting a trend of investing in data networks.
Industry Implications
1. Telecommunications - The telecommunications industry can leverage the trend of monetizing excess data to offer innovative data plans and services to customers.
2. Blockchain Technology - The blockchain industry can explore the disruptive innovation opportunities presented by DentCoin's creation of a blockchain economy for mobile data.
3. E-commerce - The e-commerce industry can tap into the trend of investing in data networks by developing platforms that enable users to invest in and trade data tokens.
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